Toby thought back to what his mother had said, 'If I find out that you have harmed Ella in any way, you will be grounded. That's a promise.' Toby smirked to himself as the coach pulled into the services. Once again... Clara was all bark, no bite. Toby would give her the puppy dog eyes and she would let him off. Sometimes he was glad that he got his mother's eyes. And besides... Ella was in on it so she wouldn't get offended by anything he said and he wouldn't get offended by anything she said.

Once the coach stopped, Missy stood up and announced that if anyone needed the toilet and food they best go now as there wouldn't be another chance. They had been travelling for an hour and yet they still had another two hours to go considering the traffic. All of the students and teachers got off the bus, "Be back in thirty minutes!" Missy exclaimed. All the students nodded in agreement before heading into the building. John and Clara looked over and they raised their eyebrows in confusion as they saw Ella and Toby fist-bump before going their separate ways.

"Maybe they're getting along." Clara stated. John nodded.


"We cause havoc when we get back on the coach, okay?" Toby said with a smirk. Ella nodded as they fist-bumped and she turned to head over to Brenna.


"So we're gonna be outside all day." John stated.

"Not exactly." Missy replied, "We're camping outside of a leisure centre so we can go inside to eat if that makes you feel better."

John and Clara nodded, "We can eat inside if a storm hits. You know how the UK is." Clara said.

Danny and Adrian had gone to Starbucks to get some coffee. Missy then walked off and headed to WHSmith to buy sandwiches and drinks. Clara and John decided to head over to classic McDonalds, where most of the students were ordering their food. John looked at his watch, "Fifteen minutes. Then we have to be back on the coach." Clara saw her son and his two friends exiting McDonalds, soon followed by Ella and Brenna.

Clara nodded, "Best hurry up then." John and Clara then made their way to the queue.


Once Clara had ordered her 'Doctor' Pepper and a Chicken burger. John ordered a Big Mac and also a 'Doctor' Pepper. They had five minutes left before the coach had to leave so they both made their way car park and got onto the coach. They both sat back down up at the front, most of the students were already seated and so were the teachers. Moments later, Ella and Brenna got onto the coach, John and Clara looked at her in confusion, "What happened, Ella?" John questioned.

Ella sighed, "Toby decided to pour his bottle of water over me." she muttered before heading back to her seat, concealing her smirk.

"I am so sorry, John. I will talk to him." Clara assured.

"Don't blame yourself, Clara. It's okay." he replied before taking a sip of his drink.

"I told Toby that he would be grounded if he caused any trouble with Ella."

John raised his eyebrow, "I could've sworn that they were getting along earlier..."

"Turns out they weren't." Clara shrugged. Toby soon entered the bus, Clara glared at him, "Toby."

"Yes?" he asked all innocently.

"You better apologise to Ella or you WILL get detention."

Toby sighed, "Okay okay! I will! Promise." he headed to the back of the coach and sat down next to Alex and Connor. Clara looked behind her and saw Ella turn around to face Toby... he must be apologising.


Ella turned around to face Toby, "Next time. You're the one who is getting water thrown over him." Ella stated.

Toby shrugged, "All part of the plan."


Clara let out a sigh before turning back around to face the front. A few minutes later, once all the students were on board, they set off.

"Once again, I'm sorry for my son's behaviour."

"Trust me, Clara. It's perfectly fine. I think that they're just trying to get along... but it's difficult for them." John explained.

Clara smiled, "Weird way to get along."

"They're teenagers. We don't really understand them." John chuckled.

"No we don't." she agreed.


As they arrived, the coach parked just outside the small leisure centre. There was a huge field behind it where they would set up their tents. It was almost 1pm so all the students ran inside to eat, food was being provided inside. Missy, Danny and Adrian went inside to control the twenty five students... Clara and John took a few suitcases out, Danny and Adrian would take the rest out in a bit.

Clara looked at John in confusion as he pulled out a case from the coach, "What's that?" she asked.

"Oh, it's nothing really." he started, "It's just my guitar. Ella insisted that I brought it to entertain the students."

"You play guitar?" Clara questioned. Clara was getting increasingly more intrigued by John, "You plan on playing it later?"

He shrugged, "I don't know."

"Well erm... I would like to hear you play." she smiled.

John smiled back, "Really?"

"Really." she nodded.


"What are we gonna do next?" Toby asked Ella.

"I have some sort of idea that may or may not annoy you." she replied.

"As long as it stops them from getting together..." Toby stated before walking over to Alex and Connor who were sitting down at one of the tables, he took his seat next to Alex.


Clara's phone dinged as she took another suitcase out of the coach, she then took her phone out of her pocket and read the text, 'Let me see him, Clara - James'

"You look worried." John said.

"Oh- It's er- it's nothing." she exclaimed as she put the phone back in her pocket.

"Are you sure that you're okay?"

She quickly nodded, "Y-yeah." she tried to convince herself. James wanted to get back together with Clara because he loved that he could control her and she wouldn't do anything about it because of fear. But she wasn't going to let James get into her head whilst she was on this camping trip. Clara was so tempted to block James' number but she knew that that would make the situation worse.

After taking the suitcases out, students started to rush out of the building to collect them followed by the teachers. John put his guitar bag around his shoulder as he retrieved his own case. It was now two pm and everyone went to the field where they would set up camp. The students and teachers started to set up their tents. John then turned to Clara and said, "I'll be back in a minute." he said, leaving his suitcase on the grass but taking his guitar bag with him. Clara looked at him in confusion as he made his way into the leisure centre.

John had gone into the leisure centre to ask one of the staff members if they owned an amp and, coincidentally, they did. John decided to take the amp, and his guitar, into a small room, which he assumed was a bar, to test if it still worked. Once he plugged the guitar in he sat down on a nearby stool before playing the tunes to the first song that came to his mind...

Clara hadn't seen John in almost half an hour and they were leaving for the village soon... so she decided to go and find him. Upon entering the leisure centre, she asked the woman at the front desk, "Have you seen John? Tall guy with a guitar?"

She nodded, "Down that hall." she pointed towards a corridor, "I think he's in the bar."

"Thanks." Clara smiled as she headed down the hall. She raised her eyebrow as she came closer towards the bar door... she could hear music. She slightly opened the door and peered in, she could see John and he was strumming a familiar tune... then it clicked in Clara's head as he started to quietly sing the lyrics as he played.

"Pretty Woman, walking down the street. Pretty Woman, the kind I'd like to meet..." he trailed off. Clara was now 100% sure that John was... would she dare say 'hot'? "Perfect tune." she heard him mumble as he stood up from the stool. He then sighed before his eyes landed on the slightly ajar door, "Whoever's out there... I'm guessing that you heard me..."

Clara bit her lip as she entered, "Yep."

John's eyes widened, "I was just erm... m-making sure that the sound was all right. Y'know... for tonight!" he exclaimed. He didn't particularly want Clara to hear him this song like that...

She nodded, "You sound good so far."

"Thanks." he smiled.

"You wanna come to village with all of us, then? We'll only be there for a few hours."

John nodded, "Sure."